Improvement in umbrella-rib-tip holders



A. S. HUBBELL.

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ALGERNON S. HUBBELL, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF HISRIGHT TO RICHARD M. HUBBELL, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLA-RIBFTIP HOLDERS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 16l,791, dated April 6,1875; application iled March 20, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALGERNON S. HUB- BELL, of Norwich, in the county ofNew London and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in a Tip-Clasp for Umbrellas and Parasols; and thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ot' thisspecitication, in which- Figure l represents a broken-off section of anumbrella or parasol, showing the jointed clasp in position for holdingthe tips on ribs when the umbrella is closed. Fig. 2 shows a broken-oli'section of an umbrella handle and statt', with the same jointed slidingclasp in one of its positions when the umbrella or parasol Fig. 3 showsa side view of a modied oval sliding-ring tip-clasp. Fig. 4 shows an endview of the same.

My invention consists in a simple, cheap, durable, and eiiicientoval-jointed ring and slide, for holding the tips of umbrellas andparasols when the article is closed, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

On the handle A l tit and secure the ferrule or thimble B, at the pointwhere the tips a ac reach when the ribs are closed up against thehandle. On the ferrnle B is tted a sliding` ring, b, to which arepivoted on either side a semicircular ring-clasp, C C, of sufficientsize to pass over and embrace the tips a a, they being equally dividedon both sides, so that one-half of them may tirst be secured, then theother, the manipulation being much more easily and quickly accomplishedthan to compress them all at one time to place a circular ring-cap overthem, and they hold the tips a a a much more securely, as the bead orball-heads of the tips pass beyond the edge of the clasps C C, whichmakes the fastening more ornamental than the tips covered with a cap.

When the umbrella or parasol is open or spread, the clasps C C may bebrought to bear against the handle A, either up or down, as seen in Fig.2, whereby they occupy less room than a sliding ring, all on the handleor stati'.

Ihe modification ot' the clasp, as shown in Figs. 3 .and 4, is a claspring made in one piece, instead of being in two pieces, jointed andpivoted to the sliding ring b, and, therefore, it will not admit ofbeing folded both sides in one direction, as the one shown in Fig. 2,but will fold down on an angle, so as to be entirely' out of the way inhandling.

Thus it will readily1 be seen that the device above described is' veryneat, cheap, and durable, and is more easily operated to secure and holdthe tips when in use, and occupies very little space, and is notmaterially in the way when the article is spread out and the clasp notin use.

What I claim as my invention isl. A parasol or umbrella rib-tip holder,consisting of the jointed ring-clasps C C, pivoted to the sliding ring bon a ferrule or thimble, B, secured in position on the staff or handleA, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein shown anddescribed.

2. A parasol or umbrella rib-tip holder, consisting ofthe ovalclasp-ring C', pivoted to the ring I), on the 'errule or thimble B,substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my naine.

' ALGERNON S. HUBBELL. Witnesses:

GEORGE F. KINNEY,

S. T. HoLBRooK.

